Saturday, October 15, 2005

Contact: Stan Cole

Campbell Clinches A-Sun Tournament Berth With 3-1 Victory at Lipscomb

NASHVILLE, TENN. - Willy Guadarrama scored twice and Campbell clinched a berth in next month's Atlantic Sun Conference men's soccer championship tournament on Saturday with a 3-1 victory at Lipscomb.

The Fighting Camels (8-3-1, 4-1-0 A-Sun) won their third-consecutive match by scoring three unanswered goals to offset an early Bisons mark.

Josh Cline put Lipscomb (3-7-1, 1-4-0) in front with a 19th minute strike. Guadarrama, however answered less than five minutes later with the equalizer.

Sonny Guadarrama added what proved to be the decisive goal in the 43rd minute, finishing a sequence set up by Chad Aboud and David Comito. The goal was the eighth of the year for the younger Guadarrama brother, who notched his fifth game-winner of the season.

Lipscomb's Ben Page nearly knotted the match just before half-time when his shot hit the post.

Willy Guadarrama added his nation-leading 17th goal in the 64th minute. The sophomore forward from Cedar Park, Texas now has 37 points on 17 goals and three assists in 12 matches.

Campbell secured one of the six places in the A-Sun Championship, which will be held Nov. 10-12 at Macon, Ga., by winning for the third time in four league road matches this year. The berth is Campbell's first in the A-Sun tourney since CU hosted the event in 2000.

"Earning a spot in the A-Sun Championship this early in the season is a testament to this team, and its work ethic," said fourth-year head coach Doug Hess. "The fact that we did it on the road makes it all the more satisfying."

Aaron Johnson had five saves as the Camels improved to 7-1-1 this year with the freshman from St. Charles, Mo., in the nets.

The Fighting Camels are off to their best start in a season since the 1995 club stood 8-2-2 after 12 matches.

Campbell plays its third road match in five days on Monday in a 4:00 p.m. kick-off at UNC Asheville. [Box Score]

Campbell 3, Lipscomb 1

Scoring:

LIP (18:58) Josh Cline (Kevin Terry, Xander Vooys assists)

CAM (23:30) Willy Guadarrama (unassisted)

CAM (42:34) Sonny Guadarrama (David Comito, Chad Aboud)

CAM (63:55) Willy Guadarrama

Shots: Campbell 22, Lipscomb 18

Corner Kicks: Campbell 5, Lipscomb 4

Saves: Campbell (Aaron Johnson) 5, Lipscomb (J.D. Murphy) 6

Fouls: Campbell 11, Lipscomb 20

Offside: Campbell 6, Lipscomb 0

Yellow Cards: Campbell - Sonny Guadarrama (39:41), Willy Guadarrama (80:54)

Records: Campbell 8-3-1, 4-1-0 Atlantic Sun; Lipscomb 3-7-1, 1-4-0